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NOTICS AND EXHIBITS.
Mr. Fred. Turner sent for exhibition, and comnuinicated Notes
upon, specimens of "Milk-bush" {Sarcodemma aM.^•<?v^/e, R.Br.),
and " Hop Plant " (Daviesia l.atifolia, R.Br). The former as a
fodder plant of ^•ery considerable merit has lately come promi-
nently into notice in Western Australia, especially in very dry
seasons. A decoction of the leaves of the latter is reported to
have cured a case of hydatids in the Upper Murray District,
Victoria, particulars of which were given. [For other references
to these two plants, see Journal of the Bureau of Agriculture,
Perth, W.A., Vol. iv. No. 3 (Feb. 10th, 1897), p. 1150; and
Papers and Proc. Royal Society of Tasmania, 1890, p. xi.]
Mr. North sent for exhibition the eggs described in his paper.
Mr. W. W. Froggatt exhibited specimens of the so-called
Queensland Fruit Fly {HnJterophora capitata, Wied., sp.) in the
pupal, larval, and perfect forms, together with some apples from
Inverell, N.S.W., showing how these are affected by the attacks
of this destructive pest which has been reported from the nortliern
parts of New South Wales as well as from Gosford and Penrith.
Also specimens of potatoes from Colo Vale, attacked by white
ants {TfTinea sp.) while in the ground before being dug up.
Mr. T. Steel exhibited a fine collection of well-preserved and
displayed Land Planarians, representing the species described
in his paper, and illustrating the modes of preservation and the
results after the use of the ^'arious preservative media advocated
therein.
Mr. Steel also contributed the following
Note OH Pri'i/fatus.
"I desire to place on record the occurrence in New South Wales
of P. oviparus, Dendy, the Victorian form of Peripatus. While
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